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  • 50Hertz Issues HVDC System Tender for Ostwind 4 Offshore Grid Connection

    9 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz Offshore GmbH has issued a contract notice for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the 2 GW HVDC offshore platform and converter system for the Ostwind 4 grid connection project. The scope consists of the respective complete substructure and topside of the offshore platform and the […]

  • Dogger Bank B Offshore Substation Installed

    17 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem, using its vessel Saipem 7000, has completed the installation of the offshore substation (OSS) at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, which is set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once in operation. Saipem 7000 arrived this month at the Dogger Bank […]

  • Mingyang Rolls Out ‘World’s Largest’ Offshore Wind Turbine in Capacity and Rotor Diameter

    13 December 2023
    R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Mingyang Smart Energy has rolled out its MySE 18.X-20MW wind turbine at its Shanwei manufacturing base in China. As the world’s largest offshore wind turbine in capacity and rotor diameter, the MySE 18.X-20MW wind turbine aims to lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) and ensures long-term returns for customers, according to the company. Evolving from […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Produces First 108-Metre Wind Turbine Blades for Moray West

    15 December 2023
    Equipment, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa has manufactured the first 108-metre-long wind turbine blades at its factory in Hull for the 880 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The team from Ocean Winds and Gareth Davies MP, Exchequer Secretary to the UK Treasury were present to see the first blades produced in Hull. In total, 180 blades […]

  • Ørsted Buys Sunrise Wind Stake from Eversource

    22 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    US utility Eversource Energy has finalized definitive documents regarding its previously announced agreement to sell its 50 per cent ownership stake in the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind project to Ørsted. Eversource will remain contracted, under a separate construction management agreement, to lead the onshore construction of the Sunrise Wind project following the closing. […]

  • Inch Cape Offshore Substation Starts Taking Shape

    20 November 2023
    Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The assembly and fit-out of the offshore substation platform and jacket foundation for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm has now kicked off at the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle, the UK. A consortium of Siemens Energy and Iemants, a Smulders subsidiary, is responsible for the delivery of the offshore substation for the […]

  • Sears Island to House Maine’s Floating Offshore Wind Port

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    Maine Governor Janet Mills has revealed that the state has selected a section of state-owned Sears Island reserved for port development as its preferred site for a port facility to support the floating offshore wind industry. Based on technical and engineering analyses, and input from port and offshore wind stakeholders – including the University of […]

  • PGE, Ørsted Gather Tier 1 Offshore Contractors for 1.5 GW Baltica 2

    31 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The PGE and Ørsted joint venture has signed an agreement with German-based Steelwind Nordenham for the supply of foundations for Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Under the contract, Steelwind Nordenham will deliver 34 monopile foundations with the production expected to start in […]

  • US Clears Avangrid’s New England Offshore Wind Project, First Phase Could Enter Construction Next Year

    3 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for Avangrid’s New England Wind offshore wind project and is expected to approve its Construction and Operations Plan this Summer, which would clear the two-phased development for construction. The first offshore wind farm could enter the construction stage in 2025. […]

  • Cadeler Signs Wind Turbine Installation Deal in Poland

    20 February 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    PGE Group and Ørsted have awarded Cadeler a contract for the installation of wind turbines at the Baltica 2 offshore wind project in Poland. The installation of wind turbines for Baltica 2 was divided into two phases, and the contractor for each phase was selected by separate tenders. In January, the contract for the installation […]

  • Floating Solar Not Yet Up to Par to Be Brought into Offshore Wind Tenders, Says BP’s Benelux Head of Offshore Wind

    14 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Technology

    System integration is what is needed for the next leap in offshore wind, however, not all technologies that can integrate with offshore wind farms have the same starting point. Floating solar still has some way to go in becoming more resilient to harsh offshore conditions. On the other hand, hydrogen is a more ready option […]

  • ‘Collaborate with Non-Obvious Partners’ – Offshore Energy Industry Talks Innovation and Speeding Things Up 

    30 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Transition

    The offshore wind industry, now the linchpin between several offshore energy industries, is calling for both innovation and accelerating deployment, while also making sure one does not impede the progress of the other.  

  • North Sea, Baltic Sea Countries Enter Pacts to Protect Offshore Energy Infrastructure Amid Concerns Over Russian Sabotage

    11 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection

    Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on 10 April, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reports of possible sabotage […]

  • 1 GW Estonian Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    3 January 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Estonian Ministry of Climate has approved the report on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the North-Western Estonian offshore wind farm being developed by Enefit Green. The North-Western Estonian offshore wind farm is planned to have a capacity of 1 GW and can accommodate up to 60 wind turbines. The wind farm’s annual electricity […]

  • TWD, Seatools Outfit Green Jade for Hai Long Piling Work

    17 April 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    As construction work has started on Taiwan’s 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind farm with the vessel Green Jade installing the first jacket foundation pin piles, TWD and Seatools each revealed their contracts for the provision of pre-piling and piling equipment and services with the vessel owner, CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE). The Hai Long joint […]

  • DOF Wins Offshore Wind Export Cable Repair Job

    22 February 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Norway-headquartered DOF Group has been awarded a contract to repair an export cable for an offshore wind farm in the Southern North Sea. The project, awarded by an international energy operator, includes the retrieval of the damaged cable and termination, installation, trenching, and commissioning of the replacement cable. DOF’s contract scope includes project management, engineering, […]

  • Siemens Energy, Smulders Deliver Moray West Offshore Substation Topsides

    2 November 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders and Siemens Energy have sent off the first of the two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) for the Moray West offshore wind farm from the Smulders yard on the Tyne at Wallsend. The second OTM has also been loaded onto a barge and is ready to be transported to Scotland. The OTMs have been delivered […]

  • Ørsted’s US, Taiwan Offshore Wind Projects Hit by Vessel Shortages; Sunrise Wind Still Not Out of the Woods

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Several days ago, Ørsted called it quits on the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US, with some of the main issues leading to the decision to abandon the project being supply chain bottlenecks, primarily vessel shortages. This has affected not only the now-dropped Ocean Wind 1 but also the company’s Revolution Wind […]

  • Deloitte: We’ve Picked Low-Hanging Fruits, Now It’s Time for Fundamental Choices in Energy Transition

    25 December 2023
    Transition

    The energy transition is at a crossroads, and it’s time to find new ways, Deloitte, one of the world’s largest professional services providers, highlighted at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam this November. The energy transition is one of the biggest challenges of today’s generation. At the beginning of their […]

  • BW Ideol Unveils Mass Production-Ready Floating Wind Foundation

    26 April 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    France-based BW Ideol has unveiled its standardised floating foundation product and a blueprint for mass production that could drive costs down across projects. With over 22 GW already awarded in Scotland, around 8 GW in the US, and several GW currently being awarded or in the tendering phase elsewhere in the world, the floating wind […]

  • BREAKING: EU Commits to 111 GW of Offshore Renewable Energy by 2030 as 26 Member States Sign European Wind Charter

    19 December 2023
    Authorities, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain, Transition

    Today, 19 December, the energy ministers of 26 European Union Member States signed the European Wind Charter, by which the state governments officially commit to deliver on the actions set out in the EU Wind Power Package, which the European Commission published in October. The Charter, which was also signed by the European Commission and […]

  • UK Industry Bodies Release Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan

    19 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Supply Chain, Transition

    RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have published an Industrial Growth Plan, setting out how to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years in the UK. The UK offshore wind industry already employs 32,000 people and each new large offshore wind farm adds GBP 2-3 […]

  • James Fisher, Tokyo Gas Team Up to Provide Offshore Wind O&M Services in Japan

    27 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    James Fisher and Sons and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions (TGES), owned by Tokyo Gas Group, have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly provide construction and operations and maintenance (O&M) services in Japan’s offshore wind market. Under the agreement, James Fisher and TGES will support the industry in delivering efficient and effective operations at a crucial […]

  • RWE and Vattenfall Complete Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Transaction in UK

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and Vattenfall have completed the sale of three offshore wind projects in the UK. With the transaction completed, RWE has expanded its offshore wind portfolio in the UK by 4.2 GW. The three projects – Norfolk Vanguard West, Norfolk Vanguard East and Norfolk Boreas – each with a planned capacity of 1.4 GW, are […]

  • CIP Inks MoU for Floating Offshore Wind Structures in South Korea

    2 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Denmark-headquartered Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HSG Sungdong for the floating wind structures for its 1.5 GW Haewoori offshore wind project in South Korea. Under the non-binding MoU, the two companies plan to establish a partnership to explore opportunities to optimise the fabrication of floating foundations to reduce […]

  • DEA Kicks Off Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm Public Consultation

    5 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has opened an eight-week public consultation on the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of the plan for the revised southern location of the Hesselø offshore wind farm. The public consultation of the revised SEA of the plan for the offshore wind project is planned to run from 5 February to 5 […]